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DANDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of anger and animosity
Example:
having one's hackles or dander up
Synonyms:
dander; hackles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("dander" is a kind of...):
anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small scales from animal skins or hair or bird feathers that can cause allergic reactions in some people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("dander" is a kind of...):
exfoliation; scale; scurf (a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin)
